IC 4439
IC 4439
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
697 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 697 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 4439 as it looked roughly 697 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 4429Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartIC 4454Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4426Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 4467Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1004Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 4466Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 4454Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 4426Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 4467Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 1004Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 4466Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).